BENTON HARBOR — Changes are expected to be announced before spring on how the grounds will be maintained at Benton Harbor’s two cemeteries and hundreds of city-owned lots.
City Commissioner Ron Singleton said he is part of a subcommittee working on a plan to bring those services in-house under the public works department, just like the city did with garbage pick-up this past fall.
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